Water Board to consider budget revision

The Indian Wells Valley Water District Board of Directors will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to consider 2012-13 general fund budget midyear revisions.

By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

The Indian Wells Valley Water District Board of Directors will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to consider 2012-13 general fund budget midyear revisions. The district will also swear in new Director Chuck Cordell as well as Directors Don Cortichiato, Leroy Corlett and Don Jo McKernan at 6:30 p.m.Revisions include the rate increase scheduled for February 2013, and to commit $530,000 of the year-end net revenues to complete the tank-coating project and telemetry replacement in 2013-14. The board will consider sending the remaining $2,500 to the Inyo-Mono Regional Water Management Group for funding-replenishment assessment.The district had originally budgeted $10,000 for the IRWMG and has $2,500 remaining in that budget.Also on the agenda is a resolution accepting the dedication of water-system improvements for an approximately 215-foot 8-inch mainline extension to the Leroy Jackson Park expansion.The meeting will take place in the district boardroom at 500 W. Ridgecrest Blvd., and the public is invited to attend.